# Numeric Order Prefix

> Encoding a file's place in a sequence as a numeric prefix, so inserting one step renames every file after it and the grammar must parse a number it cannot classify.

Record: `lexicon:numeric-order-prefix`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-numeric-order-prefix

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Sentence-Shaped Name](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/sentence-shaped-name.md) and before [Claimed Foreign Tree](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/claimed-foreign-tree.md).

## Category

- [Taxonomy / Classification / Naming](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/taxonomy-classification-naming.md)

## Negated by

- [Registry-Held Order](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/registry-held-order.md)

## Linked from

- [Taxonomy / Classification / Naming](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-taxonomy-classification-naming.md)